Fountain pen eraser and burnisher



May 12, 1931. w. M. FLOYD 1,805,279

FOUNTAIN PEN ERASER AND BURNISHER 1 Filed Sept. 8; 1950 HIIIIIII'I'II MMFZO Patented May 12, 1931 UNHTE STATES PATENT OFFNIE WILLIAM M. FLOYD, OF CINCINNATI, OHIO FOUNTAIN PEN ERASER AND BURNISHER Application filed September 8, 1930. Serial No. 480,556.

The present invention relates to improve ments in fountain pens and has for an important object thereof the provision of a combined fountain pen and eraser.

Another object of this invention is to provide an eraser in a fountain pen cap which is so constructed that the eraser may be used to rub out any desired ink mark or the like, the eraser being secured to one end of the cap.

A further object of this invention is to provide in a combined fountain pen cap and eraser, means for burnishing or smoothening the paper after the ink mark has been rubbed out.

A still further object of this invention is to provide a combined eraser and fountain pen cap which is so constructed as to be attractive in appearance.

Another object of this invention is to provide a combined eraser and burnisher which may be secured to the closed end of a fountain pen cap.

The above and various other objects and advantages of this invention will in part be 1 described and in part be understood from the following detailed description of the pres ent preferred embodiment, the same being illustrated in the accompanying drawings wherein Figure l is a detail side elevation of a device constructed according to the preferred embodiment of this invention;

Figure 2 is a detail top plan view of the device; and

Figure 3 is an enlar ed sectional view taken on the line 3-3 of igure 1.

Referring to the drawings wherein like numerals of reference designate corresponding parts throughout the several views, the numeral 10 designates generally a fountain pen cap of conventional construction having an open end 13 which is adapted to receive the fountain pen, and a closed end portion 11.

An attachment generally designated as 12,

- which is constructed according to the preferred embodiment of this invention, is adapted to be positioned on the closed end 11 of the cap 10 and, if desired, the cap 10 may be formed with the attachment 12 made integral therewith. However, in order to permit the use of this device with caps at present in use, the attachment 10 is provided with an axially disposed securing pin or shank 14: which may be extended through a suitable aperture or the like in the closed end 11 of the cap and fastened by a rivet 14 or the like. The attachment 12 comprises a substantially conical member 15, the base portion of which is adapted to engage the outer end of the cap 11, the conical member 15 having the surface thereof slightly curved. The cone shaped member 15 is provided with a recess 16 for receiving an erasing member 17, the erasing member 17 being adapted to protrude or extend slightly beyond the surface of the conical member 15.

The erasing member 17 is secured to the cone shaped head 15 by means of rivets 18 or the like. The outer surface of the eraser 17 is preferably serrated so as to provide a rela tively roughened surface and is preferably constructed of metal although I do not wish to be limited to this construction as any other desired material may be used to form the erasing member 17. The erasing member 17 1S substantially triangular in form having the base thereof curved and the outer surface convexed so as to conform to the configuration of the conical member 15.

On the opposite side of the head 15 there is positioned a burnishing or smoothening member 19 which may be secured in a recess '20 in the head 15 by means of rivets 21 or the like, the smoothening member 19 being adapted to be rubbed against the surface of the paper or the like so as to smoothen the fibers after the eraser 17 has rubbed the ink or spot off of the paper.

While the erasing head 15 has been disclosed as having a substantially conical surface, I do not wish to be limited to this construction as if desired the inclined surface of the erasing head 15 may be provided with any desired number of faces, being constructed in pyramid-like form.

It is, of course, understood that various changes and modifications may be made in the details of construction and design of the above specifically described embodiment of this invention without departing from the spirit thereof, such changes and modifications being restricted only by the scope of the following claims What is claimed is 1. In combination with a fountain pen cap,

' a cone shaped member, means for securing the cone shaped member to the closed end of the cap, said cone shaped member having a pair of diametrically opposed recesses in the surface thereof, an erasing member mounted in one of said recesses, and a burnishing member mounted in the other of said recesses.

2. A fountain pen cap of the character described comprising an elongated body portion having a closed end, said closed end terminating in an axially disposed cone shaped member, said cone shaped member having a pair of diametrically opposed triangular shaped recesses therein, an erasing member mounted in one of said recesses and protruding outwardly of the surface of the cone shaped member, and a burnishing member seated in the other of said recesses.

3. In combination with a fountain pen cap, an erasing head mounted on the closed end of the cap, said erasing head comprising a tapering body portion, a plurality of recesses in the tapering surface of said head, an abrasive member mounted in one of said recesses, and a burnishing member mounted in another of said recesses.

4. A combined eraser and burnisher comprising a conical supporting member having inwardly flared recesses extending inwardly from the apex thereof, an abrasive element mounted in one of said recesses, and a burnishing member mounted in another of said recesses.

In testimony whereof I hereunto aflix my signature.

WILLIAM M. FLOYD. 

